[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1999, Book I)]
[January 13, 1999]
[Page 39]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Letter to Congressional Leaders Reporting a Certification Required by 
the Ratification Resolution of the Chemical Weapons Convention
January 13, 1999

Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. Chairman:)
    In accordance with the resolution of advice and consent to 
ratification of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, 
Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their 
Destruction, adopted by the Senate of the United States on April 24, 
1997, I hereby certify that:

      In connection with Condition (9), Protection of Advanced 
        Biotechnology, the legitimate commercial activities and 
        interests of chemical, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical firms 
        in the United States are not being significantly harmed by the 
        limitations of the Convention on access to, and production of, 
        those chemicals and toxins listed in Schedule 1 of the Annex on 
        Chemicals.

        Sincerely,

                                                      William J. Clinton

Note: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the 
House of Representatives, and Jesse Helms, chairman, Senate Committee on 
Foreign Relations. This letter was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on January 14.